vetraio50, 5 years agoThe hat has always intrigued me. The feathers are from a grouse called the capercaillie. The hat would have had a badge which we can't see. In Italian the hat is called "il moretto" or "il vairo". Northerners use the term 'moretto da bersagliere' and Southerners refer to it as the 'vairo da bersagliere'.